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TUESDAY, MAY 29.
Got. Cobb In the Field.
If no unforeseen obstacles intervene, this
distinguished gentleman will meet the peo
ple of the 6th District at the times and
places which we give- notice of by his card -
this morning. The tendency of passing
events in the political world is towards an
easy time the next campaign for the candi
dates of the Democratic party. But should
Know Nothingism revive and make fight in
the 6th District it had best look well to its
war harness, for the battle is to be fought
under the motto of the “ Black Huzzars”—
“ no quarter asked—none given.” We are
pleased to be able to say, in advance of the
active campaigning in the 6th, that Gov.
Cobb is sanguine that the party will carry
everything hefore it next fall and that this
result will be achieved by handsome gains
over our previous vote. With Cobb, Ste
phens, Toombs, Smith, and those other good
men and true, yet to be designated by the voice
of the people, in our next Congress, we may
expect to see the black flag of Abolition
stricken to the dust. We go now stronger
than ever for the Union; but it is for the
union of the stoutest hearts and most prac
tised arms that we can send to Washington,
that our sinking cause may be upheld, and
Southern equality vindicated.
Crops in North Georgia.—The editor
of the Chattanooga Advertiser has recently
traversed nearly the whole extent of Walk
er county. He writes that the wheat crop I invite pub i; c sentiment, and provoke a de-
is flattering, corn looks well, oats have suff- 1 ----- —— 1 — —
ered for want of rain, but now are promis
ing. There is, however, at present much
distress from want of corn. A few farmers
Fnrlhtrbrthc America.
Ujtevuiiohs in the Baltic.—The English
portion of the Baltic fleet was making up
towards the island of Gothland as fast as
the ice would permit.
; WEDNESDAY. MAY 30.
[From the Augusta Constitutionalist. , [*rnra tho Platte Argus, Extrn.}
Tb« Two Conventions. , Arrival of Col. Vaughan War Oeclar-
On the 5th day of June, will assemble at : e«i b>- 3,ooo Indians. j portion of the Baltic fleet was making up Sensible to tbe hast.
Milledgeviile, one of the largest and most > St. Joseph, May'10J3 o’clock. P. M. towards the island of Gothland as fast as Here is the way the abolitionists propose
Col. Vaughan, Indian agent from Fort ) ^he ice woitid permit. . i to conquer Kansas. Everv saint among this
in intelligence a , ararter,fchat p ierre arrived in town yesterday evening. . u j 8 sa J d l $® t Fiance has asked permis- h , tribe of carters la# his hope of thrift ! having discharged the various duties as-
He states that the Indians on the nlains are ! *> establish a French camp on Swedish , . L . .SFr.tTnSW P 9 1 -—**-*«-- -
DeKalb Presentment*.
DeKalb Superior Court, )
April Term, 1855. J
We, the Grand Jurors, selected and sworn
for the present term of said Court, after
the exigencies of political affairs ever
brought together in our State. It will be a
Convention assembled to sustain the princi
ples of Government under which the Amer
ican Union has so long prospered, and wax
ed strong among the nations of the earth—
under which it has illustrated the practical
beauty of Republicanism and selr-govern-
ment, in contradistinction to the despotic
systems of the old world, where a single
oligarchic will is the supreme law, and is
exercised to aggrandize a family, and to
perpetuate a dynasty, or where the forms of
legislation are used merely to promote the
interests of favored classes, and defend aris
tocratic privileges at the expense of the
down-trodden and toiling masses.
It will be a Convention assembled to sus
tain the principles both of foreign and do
mestic policy, which were so felicitously set
forth to the world, and ably vindicated in
the administrations of Andrew Jackson and
James K. Polk, under whom our country
reached to a position of prosperity and glo»
ry which won the admiration of the people
of every civilized land, while it provoked
the fears and the jealousy of despots and
oppressors. It will be a Convention which
will endorse and reiterate the principles on
which the American people carried the elec
tions in 1852, in favor of Franklin Pierce
for the Presidency, and which have received
practical effect in the legislation of the Con
gress which was elected with him.
We will not dwell on the various legisla
| tive acts adopted by that Congress which
atiment, and provoke a de
cisive opinion, by which parties are to be
formed in view of the next Presidential
! election. Wc will refer only to one, be-
! cause that has an overshadowingconsequence
/• --1 ka in public estimation, and that, in connec-
have a supply, but are holding ou for M.5U j -with kindred measures of the previous
per bushel—some, however, have been ob- j Congress has swallowed up all others, and
liged to stop plowing for the want of corn : divided the country in a way which tlireat-
. 0 f eed i ens the perpetuity of this government.
That is the Kansas and Nebraska act, by
Kansas Emigrants.—The Illinois Central j which the equal rights of the South in the
railroad company, being strongly impressed i territories of the Union were fully rccog-
... ., , /; . v uvT„i ‘l mzed, and under which Kansas will shortly
w,th the belief that the New England emi j daim ’ admiggl(m ag a pr0 . slflVCry State into
grants will be swept out of Kansas by torce, . Union.
have despatched thither an agent to induce ! Xliis act and the admission of Kansas
them to remove to the land of the railway ! will be sustained by the National Demo-
company in Illinois. ' cratic Party, which represents one leading
_ ; division of American sentiment. It is its
my-Tho Artesian Well at Charleston. S. i own measure. Without it, the Southern
C after penetrating to the depth of 1,232 1 slaveholder could never have been permitted
Jr rh *?!«*■«-« I * f ifs s^htrsnS souti, i_
the practical repeal of the Missouri Compro-
whicli has been found to be painfully slow
and tedious, so that thus far it has only
been pierced eighteen inches. It is thought
that the aid of steam will have to bo called
in to move the machinery.
|g?-A strenuous effort is now making in
Louisiana for the suppression of the prac
tice of carrying coacealcd weapons. The
i mise act, an act which affixed upon her
! the badge of inferiority. It is this party
I which aided her to pass the Fugitive Slav
I act, and it is at the North that among its
! members, chiefly, if not alone, arc to be
found the advocates of its enforcement, and
the opponents of its repeal.
Now, for the other Convention. On the
5th June, slso, is to be assembled in Phila-
He states that the Indians on the plains are t —■. ~ — ""“c i ■ . •
in a very unsettled condition; in fact, as- ! territory, and if this is refused, the allies j m nis aaQ esion
suming a hostile attitude. The Black Feet,
Apaches and Sioux, Manocunques, Sansarc,
and Yanctnos, banded in a mighty host,
and scoffing existing treaties, have unbnried
the hatchet, and bid defiance to the powers
that be. These tribes combined with the
Brulays and Ogalalies of the Platte, num
bering, at a small calculation, three thou
sand warriors, have thrown up fortifications
on Draining Bull, at the source of Grand
River, and are not only ready but anxious
to meet any force that Government may
send against them!—emboldened by the
ease which they massacred our soldiers in
the late skirmishes, and remarking the
terror ever since manifested by the whites
in their necessary intercourse with them,
are scoffing at the power of the United
States to dislodge them of their stronghold!
The Asinabianes, Riccaries and Mandatnes,
having the fear of the four new regiments
before their eyes, have told their agent, Col.
Vaughan, in council, that they will not only
aid and abet, but furnish material assistance
in subduing their refractory brethren.
will then take possession of Tfomarsund, and
fortify that place.
Austrian and Jiussiiui Diploma y.—
Symptoms increase that the Austrian and
Rnsiau Cabinets are attempting to effect a
f eneral accord among the German States.—
'he editors of the semi-official journals
have united to favor the movement.
France.—Drouyn de L Huys, the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has resigned,
from an unwillingness to protect the war.—
Count Walemski, the French ambassador at
London, has been appointed liis successor.
Pianori, who attempted to assassinate the
Emperor, tyas been condemned to death.
The project of a new loan of seven hun
dred million francs is under consideration
by the Council of State.
The police report that they have discover
ed a vast plot with ramifications throughout
Europe, to promote insuirection, and hence
Pianori’s execution will be postponed in or
der to trace his connection therewith. On
the day the attempt was made it was freely
stated in various cities of Italy, Spain and
now law passed by the Legislature of that ^Know No^C=tto» to be
State makes the carrying of concealed wca- ! CQ p ’ d ot the de i cgut “ ftom the secret
pons a misdemeanor, and subjects those coiincils of this midnight organization from
who aro accused of it to a trial before the probably every State of the Union.
Criminal Court. Who’are to be there from Georgia, the
—- — • people outside of their secret order arc not
J. P. Halo cannot possibly be chosen Sen- perm itt e d to know. Whether they will be
ator from New Hampshire, if the Legisturc ; a Jloy*ed, even when this convention sits, to
have any regard for decent political action, jj 110w -who from among us, arc to represent
and if he wore anything else but a wander- j tho Enow Nothings, aud as far as they can,
ing seeker after place he would not presume • the people to obey the behests of
to be a candidate for. that office. As long j] ic duefs of that organization, wc must rc-
ago as 1853, he was invited to attend the nia ju fora time in uncertainty,
second.festival of the sons of New I lamp- But -who arc they to meet in Philadelphia
shire, in Boston, and in .the published ac- , j n Council, and what are the questions to be
Mr. Culverson & Levis were taken pris- j Germany, that Napeleon was dead and that
oners by the Yanctnos, between Fort Union j l “ a °£ “surrection.
and Fort Pierre, but were released on sur- i Russian accounts from
rendering their effects and promising to de- I favorable to their cause. An immense num
camp, fhe latter named gentleman is from ber of troops numbering over 200,000, are
St L ’ & in and around Sebastopol, with constant re-
The Colonel states there is no news in the ! f uit . 3 P ourin S “• , The de fjf? es at Sabas -
' . „„ topol are greatly increased m strength.—
mountains, so we may expect no nse m the , T ^ ere have \ e eu several sorties, in which a
"Yndid, the Ihole country is indebted to j S ood ^ wer « kil , led on bo . th sides > bat
Mr. Will ams for his intrepid daring and i no regular battle The Russians are said
this trip. Mr. Williams had numerous j be m high spirits Bombardment by the
« pow wows ” with the Sioux chief, they i albes bas almost enurely ceased,
told him that “Big Bear” had fallen in + Engla^.-AiI the documents in regard
the skirmish with (frattan and party, and ! the Vienna Conference have been laid
the blood of Grattan and party had satisfied j beibre Parliament. . n
tbeir thirst for his loss; but “Big Bear’s” . * J™ stated in Parliament that Dun-
sister, having taken his death very much to braid’s plan to blow up the Russian forts,
heart, had Sieved herself to death, and nad been submitted to a scientific com-
thev called another “ pow wow ” and con- nu J- tee - .
eluded that another slaughter of the whites ^ ebuck , 3 committee was still m session.
should be had at the earliest opportunity.- ; lU Tb t Lo ? don T ‘ mes “ “ edl P onal
Hence the attack of the mail party. They tbat the, mrcumstanee that Amenca does not
say that now they arc satisfied with their sympathise with the allies is shocking and
revenge for “Big Bear” and sister, and i vovoltmg.
those who murdered the mail party are ; . Three ships left England on tho 10th to
ready to give themselves up to the whites i bl 2R kaae tbo ^7 blte ,® ea - , , ,
to be hung or shot, as shaU be determined ; following is from the London
upon. They inquired particularly where i widanl '■
all the white faces were that they heard so | \ very extraordinary circumstance is
much talk of, but never seen-why don’t reported from a quarter which preclude 3
tliey come and fight, and not talk so much? I ^ doabt as the truth of the statement.
This is the severest rebuko the present ad- ! J* reacbea us b J let tf 3 St ‘,
ministration has received, and shows to light i bl } r £ b - It appears that a fine American
their sapiency in such a way that cannot be ^gate-built ship recently arinvea at a port
misunderstood—the simplicity of their in- ! in th e Baltic, when it. was sta ed that the
quiry, which is pregnant with meaning. j vessel had on board eight hundred bales of
4 Mr! Williams also reports fires kindled i cotton, but the correspondent of our mform-
upon the highest peaks of the mountains, aat visited the sh ip and found tiiat in addi-
which is a signal for a grand combination tion to the cargo she had on ^ard 50 000
of all the tribes to adopt measures for their | riffles and o 000 revolvers . The Messrs
safety. They have quantities of furs, and ! G - Merchants, of Boston, were passengers
aro busily engaged in making clothing, moc- i oauoard the v esse . p
casins, &e. Thoy have also been providing p he Standard asks : W hat are o -
thcmselves with provisions-drying buffalo the United States about to have per-
mM .t Xrr for a Xe.ral nnmnaira. ! l nltted sach a cargo to leave without appris
ing the Government oi the tact:
Tho emigrant ship John, from Plymouth
want a seat in Congr3#&, some aspire to be
President—others hope to sell books—dry-
goods—not a few their religion, and their
country, while the pious and indignant
patriot who writes to the Daily Times, has
a few steam engines that may possibly be
got to go, by aid of the abolition fire. It is
all corruption and venality from beginning
to end, and it is our settled belief, that if j
we could take away from the North the
bone of contention that the institution of
slavery furnishes, there will be enough of
the spirit of envy left at our superior physi
cal ^condition and advantages, to effect the
completest estrangement between tbe North
and South. But the time has past for prosy
abstractions, and tedious deductions from j
the moral aspect of anti-slavery, and act |
wc must, whether we would or not. The j
possession of Kansas brings up the first |
mortal struggle, between the friends of the !
South aud her enemies, and if the South
proceeds to be paid over to the County
Treasurer.
We find, on an examination of the Coun
ty Treasurer’s books, an outstanding debt
of seven hundred and twenty-six dollars.
We find in tho hands of the County
Treasurer funds sufficient to pay the Jurors
of the present term of the Court.
We also find in the hands of the Ordinary
, p . j comes out of it conqueror, then t he conflict J a balance of twenty-five dollars and eighty-
the Crimea are j arigeg more terrible than anything ever be- 1 ei S ht cents > after paying all the poor school
fore seen, a hand to hand fight, over the ad- i a “ ts endbed for tbe
-, t) , .. 5 ’ . We respectfully recommend that the In-
mission of her Representatives to seats m ! ferior Court levy an extra tax of 25 per cent.
[From the Buffalo Democracy.] i
An Elephant’s Fraternal Feeling and
Affection.
While a wagon drawn by several elo !
phants was passing our office yesterday,
the following story was told, which we vouch
for as true:
Last season a menagerie visited the vil-'
laee of JohnBtown, Herkimer County.—
When the cavalcade left town it passed over
a bridge which the road crossed leaving
two elephants to bring up the rear. These [
were driven to the bridge, but with the
known sagacity of the race, they refused to i
cross. The water of the creek, which flows !
through a gorge in the slate formation, j
presenting at that point banks of precipi-1
tous character and thirty feet height, was
low and by taking a course across a corn
field, a ford could be reached. But the
proprietor of the corn field refused to allow
nave ueposuea in me nanas ot tne uierx oi ^ P ro P srt / to be9 ? f(] U f d - exce Rt on the
the Inferior Court, with instructions to de- an exorbitant sum and tins the
- agent of the menagerie refused to submit to.
Accordingly the elephants were again
driven to tbe bridge, and again they refused
marchists. Some | signed us by the Court, beg leave to make
| the following presentments:
We have, through onr respective commit
tees, examined the books of the Superior
' and Inferior Clerks, the books of the Court
of Ordinary, the Sheriff’s Docket, also the
books of the Tax Receiver and Collector and
the County Treasurer’s books, all of which
we find to be kept in good order and reflect
great credit on the preseht incumbents.
We find, on examination of the Tax Col
lector’s book, and have allowed him an in
solvent list of one hundred and four dollars
and seven cents.
The tax fi. fas. returned no property we
have deposited in the hands of the Clerk of
THURSDAY, MAY 31.
Sec Third Page.
liver them to the Bailiffs of the respective
districts to be advertised and sold, and the
Congress, that leaves no hope for either par-; for the purpose of paying the outstanding
debt of the county—also, 12J per cent, to
pay the balance of the old debt, as the tax
levied last year was not sufficient to pay it
—also, 12A per cent for the payment of
Grand Jurors—also 5 per cent, for the pur
pose of paying petit jurors.
We also recommend that the Ordinary
levy a tax of 20 per cent, for poor school
purposes—also, that the Inferior Court levy
a tax of 25 per cent, for county purposes.
We also recommend that the talisman
jurors of the present term be allowed one
dollar per day in the ease of the State vs.
David Armstead.
ty, but in winning. If this battle is ours,
then will the abolitionist leave us to quench
his diabolical rage in some scheme of plun
der or agitation in the midst of his own set
—but should we lose it, prepare to see a
breadth and depth of social and physical
| desolation, that the page of history never
| recorded before.
Aid. for Kansas.
To the Editor of the New York Daily Times:
Your editorial of Wednesday respecting
the “peculiar” condition of the Free set
tlers in Kansas, and the present destruction
to attempt the crossing. They would try
the structure with their great feet, feel cau- j
tiously along the plank with their proboscal J
fingers, but each time would recoil from j
making the dangerous experiment.
At last, however, goaded by the sharp, j
iron instrument of the keeper, and accus- i
tomed to obedience, they rushed on, with a j
scream, half of agony, half of anger. The |
result showed the prudent prescience of the
poor animals to have been correct; the I
bridge broke, and went crashing to the bot- j
tom of the’gorge, carrying with it both the j
monstrous beasts. One of them struck upon
its tusks and shoulder, breaking tbe former j
and very badly injuring the latter; the other j
was strangely enough, unhurt. Now was j
shown the most singular and remarkable i
conduct on the part of the brute which had
escaped. Its comrade lay there, an extern- j
pore bed being provided for its comfort, ;
while no temptation, no force, no stranta-1
gem was sufficient to enduce the other to t
leave, and proceed with the main portion of!
the caravan, which finally went on, leaving i
the wounded beast and its companion under j
the charge of their keeper.
Day after day the suffering creatures lay
of right and deeenev there, which has as a , , c . - , ,
—x:n ! house and find them in good order. We
meat, &e., for a general campaign.
Mr. Williams mot the mails for Salt Lake !
for the months of March and April, near! - . ,
Fort Laramie. Teams all broken down, : Quebec, has been wrecked, and a num-
and could not possibly make over twenty j ' f 9 10 , .. . .
miles a day. He reports the mail contrac- ! lbe bl11 for abohshm J
tors in bad repute all along the tine—they
count of that festival will be found his_ re
ply, dated “New York, October 24, 1853.”
From the last paragraph of that reply the
X. H. Patriot quotes these words:
considered and decided on by n majority of
that body.
Among their brethren wc will mention
“But, gentleman, is there not some mis- : Massachusetts.
.1>n in rnn /l l n rr mA tlilU lBVlfflfl flD 9 T fl.H1 Wlmf <1a flin
two,. Gov. Gardner and Senator Wilson of | j^y
newspaper stamps
had passed.
having failed pay up, and re-stock the j ^endiary kindled by a discharg-
road with good teams. This is a great out- f workman, destroyed totally one of the
rage, and the people should call for imrnc- hatter,ea readv tol:umo1 ' m the
diate redress. If McGraw & Co. cannot
comply with their engagements, give the
contract to some one who will.
Mr. Williams reports that many of the
old traders who have lived in the mountains
children, are in great fear of their lives.
As his party came along several of these
traders had been robbed of all their stock.
Should tills war commence they will flee to
the States. Mr. Williams thinks the Crows,
Cheyennes, Rapahoes, and probably tbe
Camanches, are banded with the Sioux
tuieth, . “Even those who had been conservative 'j ££*£?S’^towafwfththTwbiS
not a resident of New Hampshire, nor of, struetions are they sent ?
Boston, nor of Massachusetts, aud am nos- Tho New York Journal of Commerce, in
sessed of no position, official or any other, ' speaking of the State Know Nothing Con-
whicli should title me to this distinction; but vention which appointed them as delegates,
simply a private individual who is being says:
quietly and rapidly submerged inf his marl- ■ “Even those who had been eonser
stroom oj life and business callea the city oj , before, were carried away by the current,
Yew York.’’ j a nd agreed that the order must take an
This is conclusive, aud since it was writ- • anti-sluvery position. Gov. Gardner aud
ten, Iiale has attended freesoil state conven- | Senator Wilson were appointed delegates to
tions in New York, and acted as a delegate the National Council to be held next month
therein. ; at Philadelphia, and their instructions arc
IIon. A. H. STEI’HENS.-In Georgia, Mr. | *> insist at any point, even to tho dissolu-
srjsxxos; i «■» «?>■>
Know Nothings, he will surely be beaten. ! ? d Stat f Territories ; bu also onthcestab-
t Mr - rfedrs i s^ciMa“s^ vo
ocean of party strife? but bow their head to | . The State Know Nothing Convention held
the billows, and take the washings calmly I “ Massachusetts last fall, prior to tl.e elec-
uutil the lull comes and the fine sunlight of ^ passed the following resolutions:
their prosperity breaks forth-these men L “^solved That wc hail with hope and
1 ,* J _• - __ ... i joy the recent successor the republican par-
arc not ephemeral in their services or their
fame.— V Y. Sunday Times.
ty in the States of Maine, Iowa, Indiana,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and we trust these
Considerable surprise is expressed that victories are a foreshadow of others soon to
an American ship, said to belong to Boston, ! come, by which the free States shall present
with the owners on board as supercargoes, j one solid phalanx of opposition to the ag-
ahould have reached a Russian port in the , gression of slavery.
Baltic, apparently laden with cotton only, j “llcsolvcd, That in the present chaotic
but having on board 50,000 muskets and condition of parties in Massachusetts, the
5,000 revolvers. The English Consuls in , only star above the horizon is the love of
the ports of the United States are blamed human liberty and the abhorrence of slavery,
for lailing to watch and notify such an ad- and that it is the duty of all nnti-slavery
venture. The London Times again expres- men to rally round the republican party, as
ses astonishment at the reported Russian ! an organization which invites the action of
sympathies of the people of the U. S. The
writer considers it shocking and rcvolj
ting.
Mr. Toombs’ Letter.—We learn that Mr.
Toombs’ letter on the subject of Know
the people on the transcending question of
slave dominion which now divides the Un
ion.
“ Whereas, Homan Catholicism and
slavery, being alike founded and sitpjjorted
on ignorance and tyranny, and being therc-
Nofcbiugism was mailed to us at Milledgc- | f ore natural allies in every warfare against
ville, somo time last week. Wc regret to liberty aud enlightenment: therefore, be it
add that it has never come to hand. The “Resolved, That there can exist no real
whole country is looking for its appearance hostility to Catholicism which does not em-
with intcusp anxiety. 1\ e. hope .Mr. Toombs brace Slavery, its natural co-worker, in op-
will pick his flint and try it again.— Colton- j position to freedom and rtpublicun insfitu-
btm Times. tions.”
The recent Convention which lias appoint-
but if the pale faces come they will try their
best.
Mr. Williams travelled most of the dis
tance from St. Laramie into the States, in
the night, and laid by in day time in cainp,
being very careful in selecting camping
grounds, that the Indians could not surprise
him, always placing one or two men on the
highest points, a mile or more from their
camp, well armed, and with a good spy
glass, to keep a look out. His plan of trav
elling completely deceived the Indians, sev
eral bands of whom they saw about sunset,
in the neighborhood of their camps. The
Indians supposed they would only drive a
few miles after night and then camp; of
course they would attack them before morn
ing. But Mr. Williams understood then-
game exactly, and gave them the slip in
every case. He will start with a large train
for Salt Lake City, from Leavenworth, about
the 1st of July.
Steam Music.—A Worcester, Mass., pa-
por says one of their enterprising mechan
ics has invented the art of rendering steam
whistles musical—thus making those nuis
ances quite as ornamental as useful. What
an improvement that will be when it comes
into general use! For instance, suppose we
are a young married man, (requires some
imagination we admit) and have to leave
the endearments of home for business else
where. We get into the cars feeling dread
fully, if not worse—the bell gives the part
ing tinkle, the wheels rumble slowly out of
the depot, and at that moment the whistle
strikes up “Oh, Susannah! don’t you cry
for mo”—shouldn’t wo bo touched, and yet •
consoled? Then, further .along, an ignora- !
mus, as ignoramuses will, is seen walkin
floating batteries just ready to launch in the
Thames.
Sjxiin.—In the Cortes on the 2d, Senor
Avecilla declared in the name of the Dem
ocratic party that it never entered into any
negotiations with Mr. Soule for the sale of
Cuba to the United States.
Italy.—Mount Vesuvius is in an active
state of eruption.
It was reported that the King of Naples
hud been fired at by an assassin at a review,
but upon inquiry it was found that the af
fair was nothing more than an accidental
discharge from the gun of a soldier.
The Kansas Question.
We are glad to find that the Washington
Union, in a leading article of the 18th inst.,
places the quarrel in Kansas between the
Missourians and Abolitionists upon its true
grounds. It states that the latter are re
sponsible for the . onsequences, because they
began the difficulty by invading the territo
ry for the express purpose of abolitionizing
it. It excuses the Missourians for retaliat
ing and resisting on the ground of the par
amount interest Missouri, as a slave State,
had in the settlement of the territory.
We go further and justify tho Missouri
ans. They acted in an emergency that ad
mitted of no delay, on the impregnable
principle of self-defence, and it is their
bounden duty, at all hazards and at what
ever cost, to defeat the Abolition scheme of
ravishing the territory to free soil uses.—
Men have no right to complain of violence
and prate about law, who themselves per
sonally disregard the constitution and tram
ple on the laws. It is, we repeat, a vital
question to Missouri and tho south, and as
such a fighting question. We hope the
Missourians will continue to regard it so,
and defend the country from abolion monop
oly with powder and ball. The Abolition
ists have got Nebraska peaceably and with
out hindrance from the South. When they
come to seize Kansas, also, there is only
one way to deal with them. Tell them they
can’t have it, and be prepared to back the
veto with force. Fanaticism has brought
us to the verge of an inevitable revolution
on this question. It might as well begin in
time to save Kansas.—Mobile Register.
matter of course followed the Nebraska bill, t , ~ - , ,, . . ,
gives me an opportunity to say that Mr. i pnbhc roads and bnd S es
Hale, of Worcester, one of the most active
We have examined our jail and court i ra P] dl ? f? llin S’ aad u “ aWc + to - luo ', e -
; n -wr„ I tbe end °f three weeks, the water in the
creek commenced rising, and there was
are in good order.
We would most respectfully recommend
of the Massachusetts Emimant Aid Compa- I , , ° T • i f ,
nu enifod to .h.t i tbat thc Legislature return to annual ses
ny, called upon me yesterday to urge what
you urge, the importance of sending out
steam engines and saw mills, and request
ing me to see what could be done in procur
ing them—new or second-hand steam en
gines of a small size—five to 15 horse pow
er, I conclude, are what aro wanted. They
can be put into the hands of reliable men
who will pay for them in a year or a year
and a half, and the Company have found
them not only the most efficient helps in
settling the country, but a very profitable
investment, and have sent forward as many
as tlieir means will allow. I shall be glau
to see persons who can furnish such power
and invest it in stock ox the Company or
give a credit on it. Let me say, also, in
this connection, to the large numbers who
are indignant at the atrocious conduct of
Atchison & Stringfellow, and who would
gladly do anything to ruin their schemes,
that no better way presents itself than to
send their money to the Massachusetts Aid
Company, (Eli Thayer, of Worcester, Pres
ident.) and I will be glad to receive any
contributions for that end.
Various causes have prevented Mr. Ha
vens from getting the Company into efficient
action here, among which not the least was
the hard times of the past year.
Whatever may be the result of the strug
gle in Kansas, there is no question but the
Northern and Western men, when they do
fight, will fight to the death, and will be
sustained by the sentiment and money and
arms of their friends in thc Free States.
C. W. ELLIOTT.
No. 4, William-st., Thursday, May 24, ’55.
Tlie Gas Fixtures.
Our citizens will take it, we presume, as
a tolerably certain - indication that our city
will very soon be lighted with Gas, that on
the 10th inst., upwards of 80 tons of pipe
for the Atlanta Gas Works, were shipped
from Philadelphia for this city. Among
thc many improvements that have marked
the progress of our town within the last few
years, none in our opinion, is of a more im
portant character than the enterprise of
lighting the city with Gas, and none more
calculated to place the city in rank with
the first cities of the State.
Failure of tbe Twenty Mile Face.
The Attempt of Flora Temple to Trot Twenty
Miles in one Hour—Thc Horse Withdrawn
on thc Twelfth Mile.
on the track, and immediately, “Git out of 1 . Thousands of persons from tliis City and
a „ t»o« 'r n> t - , „„„ ! elsewhere repaired to the Centreville Course,
i^ -
Nktarai Hl.tory or ti>« Locu.r . , but still with an agreeable exhilaration.— j grated’b ^Flora Temiir "n being
The following information concerning the ed ^legates to tnc Philadelphia Convention | But a dog u just tobe run over-tho thing j * e y J JgLn that a race of fnch long dJ
habits of the fourteen-year locust given by a ; re-affirmed these resolutions without a dis- ! is incyitable-but there is some consolation J j ever made or announced by our
writer in the Boston Advertiser will be found sei ±i in « votC- , lu “ 01d D .°S Tra l” P la y ed as a complunen-! aQce Qe -° - py -
intercsting at the present time. In calling ' Which ot tho two Conventions spoken of
attention to it, wc would suggest to students above deserves the sympathies and co-opcr-
of Natural Historv in upper Georgia thc ^iou of the people of Georgia ? The con-
propriety of making accurate observations ' test in this Union will lie between the Know
of these curious insocts, during tlieir present
appearance in ttiat region :
Thc locusts’ favorite resortis iiiat of a copse
of young and rather thin oak wood, where
the soil is rather soft and light. They are
first discovered in the ground near thc sur
face, in the form of a large white grub or
worm, and a quarterof an incli in diameter.
Where, or in what mode they pass through
Nothings on the one side, and tho National
Democracy, with tho Georgia Convention is
in full accord, on thc other side. It will be
a contest for the Constitution, for the slave-
holding section under it, and consequently
will be a contest for the Union itself.
Citizens of Georgia, which side will yc
choose ? No other party, except thc Demo
cratic party, can be raised up in this Union
' turfmen, an unusual number of visitors
When not otherwise employ- : came f fo m abroad . N o such excitement
a has transpired on the Long Island tracks
tary requiem,
ed didatic strains might be given, as
Xto it J , - k 5? I since the pacer Hero went 100 miles in less
f bloc rf ’ A \ c y on 4 ; than 0 hoifrs, as prevailed on this occasion,
go home till morning. And one instance | Ab noond people commenced flock-
morc-the young married man, so engen- • t tl Cou y se b / ra f lwayj sta g es , coach-
lously supposed above, having got through ! ° 1; , - ^ f ^
lus business, is returning—as the cars begin ; ® -q
the chrysalis state, and become fully invest- j strong enough to throttle and break down
ed with wings and other members. I do not i an( i destroy this Ilydra-headed monster,
hnow • but they arc soon found in vast num- ; anti-slavery. Popular sentiment on this
bers and in a full chorus of sonorous voices, 1 subject at thc North, outside of that orgun-
among the branches of the small trees.— I nation, is radically and hopelessly against
They have a distinctly-marked W found on | us - t _ - „
the bock. In this stage of their lives, they j will not at this time quote further from
do not seem to feed. On opening one, thc I Northern Know Nothing Conventions. Wc
body appears tc be a mere hollow shell, ■ b11 columns witlijustsuch resolutions,
without any feeding or digesting organs.— j We give the above to indicate thc character
They continue in this state, I believe, about of Northern Know Nothmgssm to show to
six weeks or two months. oar KnowNothing fellow citizens ofGeorgia
Shortly before tlieir disappearance, many | 'vliat kind, of people their northern allies
of the small twigs of the young oaks appear are > and,who they will be affiliating with if
to be girdled and partially cut off, and hang tncy go into the Philadelphia Convention,
suspended from the extremety of the I and identify themselves with a national
branches. The leaves turn red as when | party, having such elements,
touched bv frost in autumn. On examina- The northern anti-slavery element will
tion these twigs appear to be sawed about! have the numerical control and ascendency
two-thirds off and girdled, so that the ir- m this organization. Sooner or later Soutli-
culation of sap being cut off, it soon d os, ern meu must find this out, and be forced
and probably falls to thc ground during t0 withdraw from it.
ihe ensuing winter, by the action of wind, « your hatred of Catholics and Foreign-
rain and snow ’ er ?’ 01 y° ur desire to disfranchise and pros-
The general belief is, that by a curious I cribetliem so strong, that, to accomplish it,
aud remarkable instinct, the insect is led to j T. ou ,. a ? e willing (o plot and confederate with
deposit its eggs in some secure mode upon i abolitionists? What has the South to fear
these small twigs, and then thus partially to ! * rom Cltaer
to slacken their pace, what would be more
touchingly appropriate than “Home again,
i carts, and every other description of vehi
cle that could be thought of.
As the day advanced tbe crowd increased,
up the musical engines! were densely filled with spectators. Early
The Necessity of an Hereafter.—A | in the morning the track was resurveyed
certain preacher of Universalism had been | and found to be 16 feet over a mile, which
preaching in a country school house for | gave the judges power to deduct 320 feet
several successive Sabbaths, to convince the : from thc first or 20th mile. Thc informa-
peoplc that there was no hell. At length it ; tion of this discovery was soon within the
or both of these ckssess, com-
sever them from the parent stock, so that by j P arcd what we aye threatened with by
their fall the eggs shall be borne gently ■ Northern Know Nothingisiq.
and safely to the ground, into whose bosom . A bottle was picked up last Sunday week
tliey are m some form received and cherish- Qn g andy Hook, containing a letter purpor-
nd, to reappear in the form of the full-grown , ^j n _ be bitten by John Edmondson,
locust, after the lapse of seventeen years.— HU p 0rcar g 0 0 f t bc British brig Edwin, Capt.
1 am not aware that this fact of the deposit, gt{i] wa t eri bound from Havana to London,
of eggs upon the faking twig has beeu ven- , gtat j n g that the said brig was captured by
fled by actual observation ; it is one o. -ic a p; ra ti C al schooner, called the shamrock,
points which require careful examination. , 0Q t be 13th of March, all hands except liim-
Faster than Steam.—In the last bolloon j self murdered, and tho vessel burned, having
ascension of M. Godard, from New Orlerns, been riflod of all her valuables,
he traveled 310 miles in six houis, or 50 Thc letter is dated on board the Shaui-
iiaa mflour. 1 rack, lat> 38, Ion. 68,
was announced that at his next meeting a
collection would be taken for his benefit.—
The day arrived, and the collection was
taken up in a hat. When the “deacon” had
passed through the congregation, and gave
all an opportunity to contribute, he returned
to thc desk and gravely emptied the contents
of the hat upon the desk before the preacher.
And such a “collection!” A few coppers, j
with old buttons, pieces of tin, broken jews-
knowledge of every person on tho ground.
The horse was said to be in fine order, and
the odds were $100 to $60 in favor of the
feat being accomplished. Even bets of $100,
$500 and §1,000, were made on the result,
and those who wore supposed to have all
the “points” down, suffered to the extent of
ten or twelve thousand dollars.
Dr. Isaac Draper, Jr., the American sur-
‘ a Russian service whose interes-
we have been publishing, died
. -, f — — ’ geon in the Russian service whose interes
‘“ ails ;™ d abnost °™ r T oth f ™ rtb -1 ting letters we have been publishing, died
n l ‘ Tl™ could carry t9 . Ch “ rcb ! a t Sebastopol on thc 20th of March of ty-
l - preacher was thunder- hug fever p His funeral was attended wi j> h
« *nf recovering his self-possession m ; £ u the markg of official respect . The infor .
J. gazing upon he cotiec- , ma f 10 n came by a letter written at the i e-
! f S n XVif C J ime ^’ Tn 11 ’ 1 a “ i quest of his friend, Dr. Turnipseed, of South
?°* t°M} ° rn F 0t ’ i Carolina, who was himself sick at the time.
bU i IT, 96 f na n ■ He I™ Dr - Draper was the son of Isaac Draper,
such fetiows as you are ; and taking his ; Es of S( * uth Attleboro’. He was 32 years
bat leftthe house. of age, and graduated at Brown Universi
Guano.—In| the prosecution of its useful
labors the Agricultural Bureau of the Pat
ent Office has published the following in
structions for using guano:
“In the application of this valuable ma
nure it is necessary to keep in view its pow-
sions, and that the time of continuing in
session be shortened accordingly.
We would further ask our next Legisla
ture to pass an act compelling the county of
Fulton to pay its pro. rita. share ef the old
original debt of DeKalb county, by a certain
specified time, as we are credibly informed
they have made no provisions as yet for the
payment of said debt.
There is yet another subject upon which
we feel it to be our privilege and duty to
give an expression of our opinion. We
allude to the abusive exercise of the par
doning power by our Legislature. In our
opinion, there is great evil growing out of
this broad unlimited power of our Legisla
ture, given to them by the Constitution. It
is a fact which cannot lie denied, that crime,
and particularly the higher grades of it, are
multiplying in our land. And why is this
the case ? Not that our courts of justice
are becoming corrupt; not that our citizens
are becoming less vigilant in ferreting out
crime and bringing the offenders to justice;
not that our laws are not sufficient for the
punishment of crime; but it is ou account
of the uncertainty of the execution of the
sentence of the court that the sentence of
the law upon the condemned criminal is
almost invariably remitted by the same
power that created it; and further, when
we take into consideration the fact, that
the criminal, the violator of the laws
of the land, has the benefit of the Supreme
Court in the correction of any error that
may be committed in the investigation of
his case. We are irresistibly led to the
conclusion, that, for the sake of good
order, for the sake of the quiet and hap
piness of all good and orderly citizens,
that our Legislature should so alter the Con
stitution as to restrict the pardoning power
of the Legislature.
In taking leave of his Honor, Judge
Bull, we are glad that we have an opportu
nity of expressing our approbation of the
distinguished ability and impartiality with
which his Honor has discharged the duties
of the present term of the Court. We con
gratulate our fellow citizens that they have
the services of so able a man to fill the high
and responsible station which he now occu
pies.
We also tender to the Solicitor General
our thanks for his courtesy to our body
is there a Newspaper in Nashville i j during the present term, and highly recom-
The above querry promises to become as j mend his untiring efforts and ability in the
doubtful with us, as was the question a year j vindication of the laws and good order, and
or two ago, “is there a Bourbon among us.” I his . eff, ? rts and success in bringing criminals
For five days in succession, onr Nashville ‘ ^yfrequest that the foregoing Present-
exchanges have failed to come to hand.— ment be published in the Atlanta Intelligen-
Will some one acquainted with the peculiari- j cer and Republican.
ties of the Nashville press give us tight on the ! D. Johnson, Foreman, P. C. Philips,
danger it would overflow and drown the dis
abled elephant. The keeper desired, there
fore, to get it up and make it walk a* far as
a barn near by, where it would be out of
danger and could he better cared for. But
it would not stir. He coaxed, wheedled
and scolded, but all to no purpose. At last,
enraged, he seized a pitchfork and was about
plunging it into the poor thing’s flesh, when
the companion wrenched the fork from his
hand, broke it in fragments and flung the
pieces from it; then with eyes glaring and
every evidence of rago in its manner, it
stood over its defenceless and wounded
friend as if daring the keeper to approach,
which the man was not so green as to do
again, with cruel purpose.
Thus the injured animal lay there until
it died. When satisfied that it could no
longer be of service, the other quietly fol
lowed the keeper away from the spot, aud
showed no desire to return. If this was
not reasoning mingled with an affection some
men might pattern after, we should liko to
know what to call it.
II. S. Norman, M. W. Davis,
William Crawl, James Moon,
William Shepard. Ezekiel Reeves,
James Bowens, B. Ragsdel,
Sterling Goodwin. J. C. Austin,
•SWMxoy person, sen. on. by .he Aid j
Society to Kansas, are returning back by i Thos. L. Robinson, Wm. L. Wills,
every boat, out of spirits, out of money, and i -J. G. McWilliams, Thcs. J. Dean,
subject ? As our exchanges from that city
are principally Know-Nothings, we almost
fear that the Virginia election has proved
too heavy a dose for them to survive.
nearly out at the elbows, having found Kan
sas “a hard road to travel.”
Ordered by the Court that the foregoing
Presentments be published as requested by
the Grand Jury.
O. A. BULL, J. S. C. C. C.
A true extract from the Minutes of De
Kalb Superior Court.
R. M. Brown, Clerk.
A clerical correspondent of the Sun,
who went to Europe in the steamer that
bore Horace Greeley, writes that he thinks, j
from “ a remark that lie (Greeley) made,” I
that Greeley cares more for breakfast than ;
for prayers, and that he hasn’t much regard ;
for Evangelical Christianity, from the fact!
that, on asking him if he had ever been I street, which he has purchased since tho
baptized, Greeley replied: “No, but I’ve i title of Lieutenant General was given to
been inoculated, which is of more impor-1 with tbe u 3ala ^ added from fcb ® ^
1 ot tho war with Mexico. Ho grows old quite
tance • rapidly, and the change in his appearance
; since the result of the campaign that elec-
I ted General Pierce is very apparent. His
lofty form is bowed down—his elastic step
General Scott.—In passing down 12ht
street to day, (May 21st,) I mot for the
first time for many months, General Scott.
He resides in a splendid mansion in that
Bancroft’s History of the U. States.
It is said that more than a hundred thousand
volumes of Bancroft’s History of the United ! has passed away—a look of sadness and
States have been sold, and a new edition is j weariness has settled upon those once ex
going through the press to meet the con- i P ress * vc . aqd decided features,
tinued demand.
He leads
company—
To the Editors of the Intelligencer.
Gents :—I herewith send you a circular
received this morning by mail, which I
would like for you to givean insertion, with
sucli suggestions as you may think best.
The action of the Legislature of Massachu
setts, and the effort to colonize Kansas with
abolition fanatics, to force upon her people
an abolition constitution, is omnionsof com
ing troubles. That our next Congress will
be one of the most momentous and perilous !
for the South, certainly none can doubt.
Then would it not be wise for us, in Geor
gia, to plant ourselves upon the Georgia
Platform, laying aside, at present, all party
distinctions, and act as a unit in the impor
tant coming events. Elect to thc next Con
gress our most able, talented, and fearless
men, and thus be able to contend for our
rights, as guaranteed to us under the Con
stitution. Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. F. Bohar.
.Columbus, Ga., May 28th, 1855.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned, a Committee appointed
by a large meeting of our fellow-citizens, to
communicate to you their action, would
earnestly call your attention to the proceed
ings thereof, which we herewith enclose.
Wc believe that at no time, in the history
of our country, has the necessity of cutting
aloof from all Northern Political Organi
zations, been more manifest, and certainly,
no time can be more propitious to unito us
as one people, than now, when no question
of State or National policy divides us, save
that greatest and most interesting of all—
our safety in the use and enjoyment of our
Slave Institutions.
The inimical policy of the non-slaveliold-
ing States, as indicated by their public men,
their popular elections, and their legislative
acts with regard to the execution of the
fugitive slave law, and the manifest hostili
ty to the admission of Kansas as a State,
with a Constitution recognizing the institu
tion of slavery within her borders, is suffi
cient to awaken the attention of the most
trusting lover of the Union, to the dangerin
which the South now stands, and tho neces
sity of notifying the Northern States of the
determination of Georgia to defend the line,
which she, in solemn convention, has indi
cated as tho limit of their aggressions.
May we hope for your co-operation in this
work of uniting tho South ?
Wo are respectfully,
Thomas Ragland, F. M. Brooks,
James K. Redd, A. S. Rutherford,
John A. Jones, Jas. M. Bethune,
John J. Ridgway.
Sensible.
Wo find the following card in the Cass-
ville Standard of Thursday the 24th inst.
advising a withdrawal of the Prohibition
ticket:
To the Friends of Prohibition in Cass
. erv retired life—sees but tittle r
rarely appears in public, and usually walks ! County.—We, tlie undersigned, have par-
.„ j .. 4 alone.—Neir York Correspondence of Boston ! tially canvassed the county, and conversed
magnificent steamship Ariel, : j oarn( g_ ' j with many of tlie most influential friends
” ■’ - — of this measure, and having weighed care-
Snffering in Alabama. • folly the causes which have been brought to
Gov. \Y inston lias communicated to the bear upon this subject, our minds have been
Montgomery Advertiser a touching appeal ! b j-ought to the following conclusions:
for bread, received by him from Randolph j That the present is an unpropitious time
8®*.Thc
lately built as a consort to the North Star,
in Vanderbilt’s direct New York and Havre
line, was to have sailed from New York
last Saturday- She has berths for 284 pas
sengers, nearly all of which are said to be
engaged. The Ariel is a 2,300 ton ship,
with an ordinary single beam engine. The
cyilinder is seventy five inches in diameter
with twelve feet stroke. It is claimed by
her builders that she will make as good
time as any ship afloat.
county, Alabama. Randolph is one of the i f or b ring the issuo fairly before the people,
extensive counties ol that State, adjoming i without which we regard success as being
the oounties of . Heard and Carroll, in Geor- ■ ou ^ 0 f tlie question ; but on the other hand,
g* a - A Committee, appointed by a meeting j cou ] d the issuo be separated from tbo islues
held at Delta, wrote to the Governor as fol- j 0 f a political nature, we are satisfied the
lows: | good sense of the people would carry it
“it is not considered by us necessary toad- | triumphantly. The present state of feel-
vise your Excellency in consequence of a 3
years drought, we are now reduced to the
point (many of us) of extreme want; and
that some of tlie citizeus—indeed, many of
them—of this commonwealth, are actually
ty in 1844. He was a man of fine talents
and education, improved by travel and study
abroad.—Providence Journal,
Variegated. Marble from Tennessee.
We are pleased to learn that a vessel ar
rived here on Saturday, from Charleston, .....
S. C., with a cargo of this most beautful j perishing for food, to say nothing of the
mJ r“” e ‘ . , . . probability of a short wheat ciop, in which
It has attracted the attention of a large | even t 0 nr condition is still more deplorable,
number of marble dealers, and is by all i yy 0 can conceive of no better plan for the
pronounced the most elegant article of the alleviation of our sufferings than to lay the
kind, either foreign or domestic. This mar- ma tt er before our Chief Magistrate. Our
ble is to be used for decorating the interror mfodg revert with pleasing reflections to the
of the addi 1 or 1 a; 'fol. j charity of our State when the cholera raged
>\ e are p " encouragement nt jj ew Orleans and Mobile three years ago;
of native si one. no doubt that, and be tievi n g that our condition at this
after it has beco.uv known throughout the [ juncture is, in every respect, as deplorable
country, it will to a great extent, if not en- J as theira> (the sufferers,) wo do hope that it
ings which exist between tlie two contend
ing parties, are such as forbids and pre
cludes most other considerations, and we
think such as are now meritorious. Such
being the fact, we are fully of opinion that
the cause which Prohibitionists seek to pro
mote, may and will be more advanced by a
withdrawal of the Prohibition ticket from
the canvass. Such being the fact, we hope
it will not be taken amiss by our friends
that we should advise a withdrawal of tlie
tioket, upon proper arrangements being
made to that effect.
The friends of Prohibition are therefore
respectfully requested to meet at Cassville
on the 4th Monday inst., (May 28th,) for
tirely supersede all foreign marble now in
use.
The government has now an opportunity
of furnishing the interior of the capital in a
I manner superior to any other public buil-
Rifles for Kansas.—It is stated by a > tbe world ’ and witb material - too >
Philadelphia paper that some hundreds of ^ quantities in our country
P1 .. - . .- Sharpe’s rifles hLe been sent from M a ssa-^ 1 Vl SOnC nminCralan(lagnC,,ltUral
fcTsxr r z&jarstjLS: »-»’»-*
SJ2JS MWly «ow» thef0li.ee , tetter Ud out men who know how l uj SS 0
that it has been floated to a port where it
can be shipped, and the creeks and rivers
of plants and flowers. It never should be i * bem
placed in contact with seeds; for all seeds ' .— rr —,
in the process of germination give off a a he following is from the Washington in the vicinity of the quarries are at only
greater or loss quantity of carbonic acid Gn i° n: — ! certain seasons in a condition for the ro
und vinegar, and these acids, having strong ) “Blackwell, who choked the lady in the j moval of the material.— Washington Star.
affinities for the ammoniacal portion of the i cars and robbed her of a servant girl, has
guano, are apt to attract it so powerfully as j been married to Lucy Stone. Justice is
to check and even destroy vegetation,” , sometimes slow, but always sure.”
More money is spent in the United States
for cigars than for common schools.
. - , the purpose of considering and acting upon
is only necessary to advise them ot^ our | abovo suggestions.
ElishaJmng.
We have
wants to elicit the same charitable donations
so lavishly bestowed on that occasion by the
citizens of Montgomery, as well as Selma
and Mobile.
“ We want something to eat, and we want it
now. We would be willing to go anywhere
for it, with any reasonable probability of
finding an Egypt.
“ Could tne merchants or grocers at
Montgomery, Selma and New Orleans do
anything for us in the way of provisions
—meal, meat, molasses, or anything of
tho kind ? We would thankfully, and with
grateful acknowledgements, receive it and
send fothwith after it.”
Two New York burglars and counterfeit
ers have beeu arreBted at Hartford.
Leaving the Den in Disgust,
been informed by what we believe to be good
authority, that between twenty and thirty
members of a Know Nothing lodge in Ma
con county, left the dark association last
week in disgust; we know of others in va
rious parts of the State that have already
left, and they report many more about to
leave. We say to those that have left after
being caught in the trap, the best thing you
could do was to leave. Lot every man that
has been caught, if he has any respect for him
self, or any regard for his children, come out
fi'onv among them soon as possible.—
federal Union.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
Will address the people of the Sixth Con
gressional District, at the following times
and places •
Saturday, June 16th, Monroe, Walton (Jo
Monday, June 18th, Lawreneeville, Gwi u !
nett county.
YYednesdav, June 20th. Camming. Fn,.
syth county.
Friday, June 22d, Dablonega, Lumpkin
county.
Monday, June 25th, Biairsville, Union
county.
Tlie Muscogee Circular.
We publish from a sense of duty to 0llr
State, the opinion of certain citizens of
Muscogee county, in reference to the neces
sity of consolidating tho strength of all pai -,
ties in our midst, in view of the exigency
and tremendous pressure of anti-slavery
aggression. We stand too fully committed
ourselves to the value of the union of onr
strength, its necessity, and to the obligation
that rests upon all true Southern men to make
the sacrifice of mere personal interests and
prejudice, for the obtainmentof an end soyi.
tally important, to withhold our acquiescence
in thisbroad principle of Union among south
ern men. We must, however, qualify our
opinion of this fusion of all parties in Geor
gia, and our desire for it, by restricting
the movement to those whose conditions of
party independence and organization, leay e
them free agents and wilting agents.. Yy e
confess our inability to understand how a
Know Nothing can make pledges to his
compatriots, with wheiii he nmy come into
fast league, that lie will do this thing or
that, let what will, happen. Only such an
unsparing, unreserved devotion as this in
a Southern man, at this time, will avail
anything in the combat that now rages
against his dearest rights. This cannot be
injustice, we are sure, to the now order.—
Wc confess to the weakness, if it be one, to
loving the South, tlie safety of our social
condition, more than we love any party, any
man or set of men. Y\ e would for this
reason, accept any subsidies from any quar
ter, at home or abroad, that would likely aid
us in the corning day of need. But wo can
see no wisdom in incumbering any organiza
tion with recruits that bring into a genera!
Southern alliance, other and higher obliga
tions than they are willing to assume for
the cause and interests of that alliance.
Can a Know Nothing whose strongest po
litical characteristic is his nationality, with
thc awful sanctions now thrown around his
party allegiance, be a Southern man to the
death ? Can he, with that thundering oath
of the 3d degree in his throat, swear to stand
by Georgia, “ even to a disruption of the
ties that bind her to this Union?” The
thing is impossible, unless his grand lodges
and liis great grand inquisitor generals
give him a dispensation before the act, or
unless they cau give him absolution from
his oath afterwards. No; if Democrats
and Whigs proclaim an amnesty and roll
up their old flags and all fall into the line
of a sacred band, forgetting the past, for
getting everything but the dreadful peril
of tlieir homes, it is asking a small thing of
a Georgia Know Nothing to demand that he
too should make these terms reciprocal, he
fore we agree to act with him.
We say again that all we wish is to see
the path of duty to the South in the pres
ent conjuncture, plainly painted out, and
we will pursue it if we must do so by turn
ing our backs upon the dearest, political,
friends we have ou earth. But common
sense teaches us that the basis of an amal
gamation of all parties here, for the pur
pose of resisting the attacks upon us from
the anti-slave States, must be that of an
unselfish brotherhood that will take an equal
chance in all that is to be endured as well
as in what may bo enjoyed.
All Unmanly Hague.
Wc hear that a most infamous theft was
perpetrated Monday morning last in the
Ladies’ Saloon of our Passenger Depot. It
appears that two young ladies were entrust
ed by their father with a large sum of mon
ey—about §2,000—which they placed in a
carpet bag, and from abundant caution kept
constantly by them. The father remained
over in Augusta while the daughters took
the Georgia Railroad cars for this place: and
upon reachiug Atlanta they left the cars for
a seat in the saloon, awaiting the departure
of the State train. Soon after the ladies
were seated, two things in the shape of men
followed them and began to address them
in the most insolent and offensive manner,
which so alarmed them, we suppose, as to
deprive them of their presence of mind, and
they left the saloon so precipitately that the
carpet bag with this large sum of money
was left behind. Upon returning in a very
few minutes after their flight from the room
to look for the bag, it was nowhere to be
found, and it has not yet, we believe, been
recovered. The gallant chevaliers are in
custody, and if our Mayor fails to ferret out
the treasure and the thief it will be the first
time he has failed.
How clo we like our Portrait.
A Yankee correspondent of the Northern
Christian Advocate, winds up a letter strong
ly characteristic of the crazy style of the
abolitionists, thus:—
“Slavery knows no morey, has no heart,
no conscience, no soul, no bowels of com
passion. No noble God-like eleiueut ever
enters into the constitutional make of anv
of the fraternity, (I was about to say.)
Mr. Editor, do slave-holders really belong to
the human family ? Are they in tho regu
lar line of Adam’s race ? Or rather, were
they not sired by somo daring, reckless in
terloper, who from somo infernal quarter,
unbidden, introduced himself into this lair
world of tho Lord’s creating, among men.
and then palmed himself off as human •'
And are not his descendants now playing
the same game with the majestic world .'
What tlie Allies Proposed.
It was stated officially in the British tar-
liament, that at Vienna the Allies proposed
to Russia two alternatives—one that the
Black Sea should be declared a neutral sea-
open to commerce, and closed to the ship
ot war of all nations; the other that the
Russian force in that sea should be in some
degree limited. The London Times of may
4th, expresses in strong terms its mortifica
tion and indignation at this proposed con
cession. It says:
YYe find Lord John Russell at Y tenna.
offering terms to Russia, which, ii accepts
by her, would render useless all the sucri-
fices which England and France have hit ■
erto made, and leave the undisputed suprt
macy of the Euxine in the hands of h ussl . ,‘
YY r o offered to make peace if Russia wou
limit the number of her ships iu the 1-mj
Sea : but what guaronteo could we P os3 * •
exact that these terms, if conceded, worn
YVUo could prevent
faithfully observed ?
Russia from holdim
in readiness, m
naval stations which she possesses on
great rivers, any number of ships whiefl*
chose to build, ready to b. aralcd ,, doa
manned whenever the moment" 1 V 'r‘
should arrive? YVhileEngland and y r “
are united, present events prove that it*
their power absolutely to annihilate
Russian naval preponderance in the ■
but if these Powers were unhappily 1 * 1 '.'
nothing could prevent Russia from gn
that preponderance in a moment, am
ing into pieces the treaty which f J
sought to check it. Fortunately for ta ® F
nity of this country, Russia, in tbe ^ ver
tude of her arrogance, refused these
tures, and left us to seek for other
still more conciliatory, in order to in . ?][
her resentment at our interference cm
of a nation which she had marked
her victim.